Tremendous Tracey
Ethics: Character Before Culture
Just as the Ten Commandments emerged carved in stone, an organization's values must also be set in an unshakable foundation. Without these guiding principles, any attempt at fostering an ethical culture becomes like building on shifting sands. These values are the cornerstone and nothing meaningful can be built without them.
Excited or Entrenched
The landscape of our lives is constantly changing which wreaks a great deal of havoc on humans who would often rather die than change. We lose relationships and our health, we miss once in a lifetime and repeated opportunities, yet we continue to blame everyone but ourselves.
Producing a Tremendous Harvest
Here comes my favorite season of the year—fall. I can see the day’s becoming slightly shorter; I watch for a leaf or two to begin transitioning to flames of gold and red; I hear and see the birds starting their migration to their new home. In South Central PA, the harvest is a sight to behold. This year's rain and sun ratio were magnificent. I have never seen fields of corn as high and green as the ones that fill our landscape. Autumn is the time of year when we look to the harvest and reap the products of our labor.
The Theory of Transcendence
Everything in life has potential, but it must be developed. That never happens without a catalyst. Motivation arises from a need greater than self. Motivation is about uncorking potential. You have potential, but nothing happens until something is put in you to act as a catalyst.
What Happens In Book Club Doesn’t Stay in Book Club
With everyone clamoring about what’s wrong with the world today, there’s one solution that’s rarely suggested: reading. They tell me it’s too old school, that people’s attention spans can’t focus for that long, that everyone is too busy with digital addictions and watching online to take the time to read. Well then, they’re never going to find what they are looking for.
Accountability and The Ripple Effect
Have you ever noticed that when you attempt to focus on one area of your life, with an eye toward improvement, you tend to notice other areas that ...
Your “A” Game is useless without your “Be” Atitudes
Our “A” Game refers to what we bring to the table displayed in our outward performance. Our “Be” Atitudes are derived from the Sermon on the Mount ...
Leakproof Leadership: The Security of Character
You can’t go one second without the news of some major lapse in character from someone so trusted by the public that they definitely should have kn...
TGIF! Thank God I’m Free!!
I am a happy person by nature. I am also strong and tolerant. That means I tend to attract those who are, as well as those who are not. Unfortunate...
Manipulation with an expectation of vindication
“While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.” Stephen R. Covey
This week international spo...
what planet are you from?
I was at a speaker’s retreat last weekend. There is nothing like getting together with 30 of the most seasoned speakers on the planet to get your m...
the enemy of my enemy may still be my enemy
“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” George Washington
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